Wisconsin tobacco pooling plans move forward at equity convention
The American Society of Equity in Eau Claire adopts tobacco pooling measures and a 1908 crop pledge appointing the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers' association as sole agent to sell the crop. It calls for eight hour day and labor cooperation and forms a Madison newspaper organ. Johnson Hanson elected treasurer.
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American Society of Equity
Wisconsin
J. C. Hanson
Dane County
Wool Growers’ Association
Brockhausen
Madison
Emmerton
Holmes
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Wisconsin Tobac Growers’ Association
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers’ Association
Tobacco Growers’ Association
Turney Declares Presidential Candidacy From Decatur
Daniel Braxton Turney a Decatur printer lecturer and polemic announces his bid for U S president He moved from Effingham Illinois and gains local praise though his party is not specified Turney cites anti rum traffic views labor sympathy and constitutional government lineage traces back to Henry Clay James Knox Polk Carter Braxton and George Washington figures He is portrayed as an unusual character with notable ancestry and surprising public interest.
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Daniel Braxton Turney
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Washington
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Madisonville
Lincoln
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Henry Clay
James Knox Polk
Clay
Kentucky
Drumier Turney
George Washington
Yorktown
Carter Braxton
Virginia
Wisconsin Poultry Shows Open Across State
At Oshkosh Armory B hosts 1250 fowls for the Wisconsin State Poultry Association show opening day. Judges J A Tucker and Charles McClare return to assess birds. Milwaukee Schlitz Park hosts the seventh Wisconsin Feathered Stock show featuring homing pigeons and international club prizes. Sheboygan County poultry show closes after a successful financial run.
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Wis
Armory
Wisconsin State Poultry Association
Wisconsin
J. A. Tucker
Concord
Mich
Charles McClare
New London
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Feathered Stock Association
Schlitz Park
Sheboygan
Sheboygan County
Store Proprietor Sees Greater Joy With Unmarried Buyers
A shop owner feels more happiness when an unmarried man enters the store to buy than when the customer is married.
Arctic Explorer Roald Amundsen to Receive Milwaukee Tribute
Milwaukee hosts a large Norse heritage reception for Capt. Roal Amundson explorer and Northwest Passage discoverer. He will lecture at Hanover Street Congregational Church on his 1906 voyage, with Gov. Davidson and other officials possible attendees.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Roal Amudson
Amundson
Hanover Street Congregational Church
Davidson
Steffen and Schwantz Claim Wisconsin Winter Fishing Record
Julius Steffen and Will Schwantz of Slades Corners ice fished Powers Lake and caught 28 pickerel weighing 261 pounds in seven hours. The fish ranged from five to nineteen pounds each. They prepared to contest the state title and had a photo taken of their string.
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Burlington
Wis
Julius Steffen
Will Schwantz
Slades Corners
Powers’ Lake
Messrs
Schwantz
Steffen
Wisconsin Cranberry Growers vote to discard varieties
Grand Rapids reports the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association met with about 100 attendees and decided to discard all but ten cranberry varieties for commercial use. Glidden notes a waterworks sale for 13000 dollars, to be paid off in six years. Manitowoc sees Mayor Groffman elected president of the firemen’s pension fund.
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Wisconsin Cranberry Growers’ Association
Glidden
D. F. Tyler
Manitowoc
C. A. Groffman
Firemen’s Pension Fund
Reichert
Mahnke
Washburn
Supreme Court
John Specht
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